Latched rod rack
AssigneeNational Manufacturing Co.
InventorOtto Stahl, Jr.
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Abstract
A fixed fishing rod receiving member is provided with an opposed latch member swingably secured thereto. Spaced hookshaped extensions on the rod receiving member underlie the rods and spaced pins extending toward the rod receiving member and carried by the latch member overlie the rods. A block of resilient material is carried between the hooks and the pins to grasp and cushion the rods within the rack when closed. Lock means are provided to secure the rods in place within the device.
Claims5
A fishing rod holder comprising a rod receiving member, a substantially flat elongated back plate on the rod receiving member, a plurality of spaced rod receiving hooks on said back plate struck from said back plate and extending normally from the lateral margins of the back plate, a first block of resilient material on the back plate and disposed between the hooks, a latching member swingably secured to the rod receiving member, a substantially flat elongated front plate on the latching member, a plurality of spaced pins on said front plate and extending from the lateral margins of the front plate in the direction of the back plate, a second block of resilient material on the front plate and disposed between the pins in cooperative relationship with the first block to receive the fishing rods therebetween, latching means to yieldably hold the rod receiving and latching members together and a lock to secure the said latching member to the rod receiving member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.